Here we are at Six Flags Great America on 9-11-11, a somber day in American history, I'm flipping the bird at the camel and sheep humpers overseas by visiting an American Theme Park, effectively telling them to kiss my ass, I'm not living in fear!

JoJo19799 picked me up from my hotel in Lincolnshire, IL. Why do I mention Lincolnshire? Well, it's a great town to stay in, inexpensive, its a straight shot to the park, AND it's close to Genos East. Let me tell you, if you have never eaten here, you are missing out. Simply some of the best pizza I've had, not to mention the spinach sticks. Spinach sticks, for those that don't know, are mozzarella and spinach mixed together, breaded, and deep fried to a golden brown. Mmmm, I'm missing them already.

This was my first visit to the park and I was quite impressed with the overall vibrance and atmosphere the park gave. The landscaping was fresh, attractions nicely painted and well maintained, staff was what you would expect from Six Flags, and it was clean. I found the park to have an excellent mix of coasters and flat rides, probably the best of any on the chain. IMO, beating out SFMM by a long shot in terms of the variety offered. SFGAdv still has my #1 woodie, but, they are very much lacking in the flat selection, so, after visiting all Six Flags parks with the exception of Mexico, I have to move SFGAm to my #1 Six Flags park. Want to know my opinion on how I rank the rest and my overall ride rankings, tune in for the season finale of my Adventures mid December.

If there are any of our Military friends overseas reading this, Thank You.

Welcome to Six Flags Great America where we found a very fitting tribute.

I was instantly impressed with the park. Jo showed me the history of the park located behind the carousel. It's nice when a park is proud of where they were and where they are now. She also took me into a nearby giftshop to check out a model of the park many years ago. If you have never seen the model, you should.

Hey Knott's! Their Tower...WORKS!

They have your traditional games with a large selection of prizes. You can get a hairy, brazilian, bikini, or fire and ice banana.

Maybe they do things different in Chicago, but there is just something about this dog that doesn't look appealing. I mean, it looks all moldy.

Here is an early construction shot of their new addition.

I hope they end up doing something with these, ship them off, new course, sell them, something. They look cool.

Why do people have their hands up going into the station?!?!

That would explain it! Backwards > Forwards. Fact. I mean, forwards is decent, by backwards, epic.

Enjoy your backwards lift!

No. Really?

A week late, wished I could have made it sooner, I don't really want to travel to SFA to ride it, eh, but I will.

Just a week after it closed, the trains gone, lights were leaving, they weren't wasting any time.

Mama smoking a pipe sends a proper message to the kids.

Bam Bam holding his bam bam.

I do say they've done well with the theming.

I don't quite remember what I got in trouble for on this ride, I think it had to do with I had my arm on the side or something...oh well, credit!

How about a little V2? Yeah, it's a clone, but who cares.

NOTED!

The crew was steadily eating up the line, overall wait time was less than 15 minutes.

I've been waiting to ride this, heard several good things about it, and while it's not the best ever, it gets two thumbs up for being classic, and SF gets two thumbs up for saving it.

One Batman, no waiting. This completes the Batman collection for me. SFOT's IMO is the best, however, SFMM's in the dark with lights and fog slightly edges SFOT's

Look ma, no floor!

I feel like a superhero!

I can see space from here!

Ok, enough of that, time to spin. Single rider line....WINNING! I waited maybe 5 minutes compared to the others who were waiting 45 minutes.

Hmmm, what to do next....oh, I know, lets go see Anton!

Yay for Anton!

Freaking amazing.

This thing is just fun. Some rides give you thrills, some rides give you spills, but the good ones are just fun.

Thanks Anton!

After Anton, it was time for a Coney Island Cyclone look alike, without the asshurt.

I mean, I thought Cyclone was ok, but this, this was good.

I'd hit it again.

Despite losing my fear of the Intamin cable, I passed for what was next door.

Taking the bull, by the horns.

Full of fun.

Full of great photo ops.

And some dude in the back full of funnel cake, puking on the ride.

Who does #2 work for?

Yup, looks like we have teleported to Mexico. Or, Mexico has teleported to the U.S. You decide.

Time for a little stroll.

Over to this.

I was pleasently surprised I did not require medical attention when I got off.

Time for our last flight of the night. Also, completing the Superman clones. Hands down, the best part is the pretzel.

Weee, I'm flying, I'm flying!

Strong enough for a woman, built like a man.

So that's it, it's closing time. I am actually looking forward to returning to this Six Flags park and taking in some of the other flats and attractions, and their new winger.

Thanks Six Flags for a great day. Now, it's time for some pizza. And after a hard day at the park, my next Adventure takes me to FREE BEER! Come back soon!

cfc wrote:Personally, I think Hellcat/Avalanche is the only reason to visit the Dells--great ride. I thought Hades was going to kill me.

I agree Chuck, its easily the best ride in the Dells, Hades could be good, but riding up the lift there were nails poking out of the track bed like weeds. I just closed my eyes and pretended I didn't see that.

With that said, like most everyone else has commented, and thanks all for the nice comments, Mt. Olympus has great potential, however, the lack of re-investment into their hotels is the easiest way to be dead in the winter. People are willing to put up with it for a cheap room in the summer when they are near two world class water parks, but in the winter, with a spinning mouse, frog hopper, and indoor water park, they aren't as willing to put up with a dirty moldy hotel. Why, well mostly becausethey will likely spend more time in the hotel as winter hours of operation take effect.

By adding a few more thrilling flat rides, cleaning up in certain areas, and hiring staff that cares they could be the elite park in the region. On the N.E. trip we experienced two indoor scamblers with lights/fog/music etc that were awesome. This place could easily expand their "indoor amusement park" and add a club like atmosphere and hop all winter long. However, locals told me they don't feel as the owner really cares as he drives around in his lambo without a care in the world. So we know where the priorites are right now if that is indeed the case.

Outstanding views of SFGam again Chad- and lovely to see the park when it's not packed to the rafters with people (My last visit there... ugh!). Sorry to hear you missed out on Wolfpocalypse, though- I've always enjoyed it, and there's nothing quite like it's finale to make me squeal in delight.

Awesome TR of Great America! It's been a while since I visited and I'm realizing how much of the park I missed! I got Deja vu and Iron Wolf before they left, but Batman, Giant Drop, some of the kiddie coasters, and the new rides that have been built since 2005 are all ones I still have yet to ride. Hopefully I can get back and get 'em done!

I also looked at the WIld Waves TR from June, and it's very nice to see my old home park. The last time I went was during summer of last year, and with the new bowl slide and other updates the park looks great! I'd seen the scrambler once before but I never knew that it was good, and I never knew that I-5 Dive got pink paint this year. With just a couple more good thrillers and continuous park improvements, I think Wild Waves could become a much better place!

Awesome to hear you had a great time at the park! I know it's my home park and I'm a little biased, but I have to agree that it's one of the best Six Flags parks out there. Hopefully, X-Flight will make our park stand out a little from the rest. Did you manage to get both sides of American Eagle, because I actually prefer the red side forwards over the blue side going in any direction...

I also looked at the WIld Waves TR from June, and it's very nice to see my old home park. The last time I went was during summer of last year, and with the new bowl slide and other updates the park looks great! I'd seen the scrambler once before but I never knew that it was good, and I never knew that I-5 Dive got pink paint this year. With just a couple more good thrillers and continuous park improvements, I think Wild Waves could become a much better place!

Thanks! Wild Waves certainly needs some additional improvements, overall it was lacking something...oh yeah, rides made by someone other than Zamperla Seriously tho, the potential is there, they just need to capitalize on it with a second signature attraction and few spectaculars. I laughed at the parking lot entrance(and the parking lot for that matter), employees standing out in the elements collecting your money, no real entry plaza, but hey, I also didn't have to pay $20 to park, so if no plaza = cheaper parking on a gravel lot, well, that's fine by me.

Jerrykoala2112 wrote:Awesome to hear you had a great time at the park! I know it's my home park and I'm a little biased, but I have to agree that it's one of the best Six Flags parks out there. Hopefully, X-Flight will make our park stand out a little from the rest. Did you manage to get both sides of American Eagle, because I actually prefer the red side forwards over the blue side going in any direction...

Nice read!

Thanks Jer, we did manage to get both sides, although someone passed....(jojo)....I rather liked backwards blue, red was good too, but the ride crew sucked. (Thats a whole other story)

^Trust me, I wish I could have ran over there and started to re-train those employees. Granted that some things may have changed, but I would like to give kudos to the ONE employee who pretty much held up the ride because he was the ONLY one height checking kids. He was so awesome he not only did the red side, but blue side as well. He should be employee of the month!

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